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The Solar-powered Son-X Octavia
Most parents will agree that it’s become incredibly difficult to get kids to stay and play outdoors. We’re living in a technological age that has spawned gadgets like MP3 players, PC and console games, tablets, notebooks and iPads, to name a very few. Consumerism, especially for gadgetry and electronics, has caught the attention of children [...]
FUTUREWATCH: The ‘Kidgtic’ Energy Producing Playground
We have toyed with this idea of playgrounds for kids with various installations that produce clean energy. But some of the previous models that have explored this option and even our own thinking has been inclined towards the use of piezoelectric plates and surfaces that use them to turn all that energy from hyper-active and [...]
In Focus: Green Playgrounds
With summer on its way, energy efficiency is about to go down as people turn up their air conditioners and the price of gas begins its steady incline. In many areas of daily living it’s very hard to go green during the summer months, but playgrounds can be an unlikely source of eco-friendly activity, and [...]
Chevron’s Project Brightfield: A Solar Technology Playground $CVX
Oil and gas giant, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), hasannounced Project Brightfield–a banner under which the company will betesting and demonstrating several bold, next-generation solartechnologies. Based at an old oil refinery in Bakersfield, California, 7,700 solarpanels have been placed over 18 acres, currently feeding approximately740 kW into neighboring refineries and also the main grid. However, the amount [...]